Procedures
Rhinoplasty procedures
Rhinoplasty is not one operation. These pages describe ten techniques, what each is used for, and what the published evidence actually shows about it, including the places where it shows considerably less than the advertising does.
Not sure which page you want?
If you know what bothers you but not what it is called, start from the concerns pages instead. If you cannot breathe through your nose, start at breathing and nasal obstruction, because that is a medical problem rather than a cosmetic one and the answer is different.
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Open rhinoplasty
The external approach, and what the pooled evidence really says about it.
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Closed rhinoplasty
All incisions inside the nostrils, less exposure, no external scar.
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Preservation rhinoplasty
Marketed well ahead of its comparative evidence, and we say so.
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Ultrasonic rhinoplasty
What the randomised trials measured, including the days they found no difference.
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Septorhinoplasty
Shape and septum in one operation, where breathing is part of the problem.
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Ethnic rhinoplasty
Anatomical variation and identity, not correction toward one ideal.
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Male rhinoplasty
Different published angle ranges, thicker skin, slower settling.
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Tip plasty
Tip only, what it can change and what it cannot.
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Alar base reduction
Narrowing the nostril base, including the scars it leaves.
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Non-surgical rhinoplasty
Filler adds volume and cannot make a nose smaller. Read the vascular risk section.
Side by side
Where two techniques are genuinely compared in the literature, we put them in a table and report what the studies found, including where they found no difference.
Then the surgeon, not just the technique
Choosing a technique matters less than most websites imply, and choosing a surgeon matters more. A surgeon who only ever performs one approach is worth asking about, and so is the reason they would choose one for your nose. Our doctors answer that question in writing before you travel.